30th June 2026, Amsterdam
Managed Services Summit Why should you attend?
Now in its 7th year, the Managed Services Summit Manchester continues to complement its sister events in London, Stockholm, and Amsterdam, serving as a premier event for the UK, Nordics, and European IT channels. The Northern UK market offers unique opportunities and challenges, emphasizing cost-efficiency, practical innovation, and long-term partnerships, making it particularly relevant for MSPs and IT providers.
The Managed Services Summit is series of executive-level events, so you know you’ll be among the best in the sector, and those featured will explore the latest trends and developments, evolving customer requirements and how to create value through managed services – both for your own organisation and your customers
APPLY TO ATTENDIndustry Insights
Presentations will cover the latest trends, evolving customer requirements, and strategies for creating value through managed services.
01Breakouts
Attend a range of sessions led by leading specialists in the field, focusing on technical, sales, and business-related topics.
02Networking
Connect with professionals in the IT channel, including senior decision makers and industry leaders.
03Interactions
Engage in discussions, debates, and collaborations with event sponsors and peers across the industry.
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Meet our 2026 Event Speakers
Greg Denholm
IT Europa
Greg Denholm
IT EuropaGreg Is an experienced editor in the IT and telecoms channels managing and publishing executive news interviews, features and market reports across platforms including IT Europa, Comms Dealer, and Fibre Provider. He has moderated and managed content at panels for major industry events both online and in person.
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Hornetsecurity
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Huntress
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HuntressAwaiting biography.
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Opentext
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Will Garside
IT Europa
Will Garside
IT EuropaWill specialises in writing and presenting – producing a huge range of content, ranging from thought-leadership articles to white papers. He started his career as a computer engineer before becoming one of the first producers on Sky TV’s primetime technology show “The Computer Channel” – alongside also covering mainstream business and technology news. He then worked as a product reviewer and technical writer for IT Network before going to Computer Weekly to cover security, telecoms and networking. He worked for several large technology brands including Microsoft and EMC as a technical writer and media consultant and was also the editor at International Broadcast Engineer – a role that saw him deliver a huge number of detailed analysis pieces on emerging video experiences. He has also written a number of books including tech guides for Which? and several "Dummies" guides on topics including big data and storage.
Will is also a highly experienced event moderator, managing content and panels at both the IBC and NAB shows for the last 10 years.
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Topsec Cloud Solutions
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Who Should Attend?
The summit provides extensive networking time for delegates to meet with potential business partners. The unique mix of high-level presentations plus the ability to meet, discuss and debate the related business issues with sponsors and peers across the industry, makes this a must attend event for any senior decision maker in the ICT channel.
Delegates
Directors and Senior Managers of Managed Service Providers
Directors and Senior Managers of Managed Security Services Providers
Directors and Senior Managers of VARs / IT Resellers
Directors and Senior Managers of Systems Integrators
Directors and Senior Managers of Managed Service Providers
Directors and Senior Managers of Managed Security Services Providers
Directors and Senior Managers of VARs / IT Resellers
Directors and Senior Managers of Systems Integrators
Sponsors
Hardware and Software Vendors
Service Providers
Distributors
Datacentre Providers
Service Providers
Distributors
Datacentre Providers
Hosting Providers
Cloud Service Providers
Cloud Service Providers
Meet our 2026 Event Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Hornetsecurity
Hornetsecurity is a leading global provider of next-generation cloud-based security, compliance, backup, and security awareness solutions that help companies and organizations of all sizes around the world. Its flagship product, 365 Total Protection, is the most comprehensive cloud security solution for Microsoft 365 on the market. Driven by innovation and cybersecurity excellence, Hornetsecurity is building a safer digital future and sustainable security cultures with its award-winning portfolio. Hornetsecurity operates in more than 120 countries through its international distribution network of 12,000+ channel partners and MSPs. Its premium services are used by more than 75,000 customers.
https://www.hornetsecurity.comHornetsecurity is also sponsoring
Huntress
Huntress is the enterprise-grade, people-powered cybersecurity solution for all businesses, not just the 1%. With fully owned technology developed by and for its industry-defining team of security analysts, engineers, and researchers, Huntress elevates underresourced tech teams whether they work within outsourced environments (OIS) or in-house IT and security teams (IIS).
The 24/7 industry-leading Huntress Security Operations Center (SOC) covers cyber threats for OIS and IIS through remediation with a false-positive rate of less than 1%. As long as hackers keep hacking, Huntress keeps hunting. Join the hunt at.
https://www.huntress.com/Huntress is also sponsoring
Topsec Cloud Solutions
Topsec Cloud Solutions is a leading provider of cloud-based cybersecurity services, protecting organisations across all sectors from digital threats. With over 20 years of experience, Topsec specialises in email security, web filtering, inbox protection, archiving, and threat intelligence. Our flexible, scalable solutions are designed to secure your communications, ensure compliance, and reduce cyber risk—without compromising performance. Trusted by businesses, educational institutions, and government bodies alike, we deliver fully managed services backed by expert support. At Topsec, security is not just a service, it's our commitment.
https://www.topsec.comTopsec Cloud Solutions is also sponsoring
Gold Sponsors
OpenText Cybersecurity
OpenText Cybersecurity provides comprehensive security solutions for companies and partners of all sizes. From prevention, detection and response to recovery, investigation and compliance, our unified end-to-end platform helps customers build cyber resilience via a holistic security portfolio. Powered by actionable insights from our real-time and contextual threat intelligence, OpenText Cybersecurity customers benefit from high efficacy products, a compliant experience and simplified security to help manage business risk.
https://cybersecurity.opentext.com/OpenText Cybersecurity is also sponsoring
Silver Sponsors
GTT Communications
GTT is a leading networking and security as a service provider for multinational organizations, simply and securely connecting people and machines to data and applications — anywhere in the world. We serve thousands of organizations, bringing together the right people, partners and technology to reduce the burden on IT teams and solve the most pressing networking and security challenges. Built on our top-ranked global Tier 1 network, GTT Envision is a single global technology platform to connect, orchestrate, virtualize and automate enterprise networks, enabling customers with consumable solutions to achieve business missions and meet ongoing demand when, where and how needed. Our portfolio includes SASE, SD-WAN, security, internet, voice and other connectivity options, complemented by a suite of professional services and exceptional sales and support teams in local markets around the globe. We partner with our customers to deliver Greater Technology Together. For more information, visit https://link.edgepilot.com/s/f3fdd8c3/fPOyJYKxZUu5yDnjvU4W4w?u=http://www.gtt.net/.
https://www.gtt.net/GTT Communications is also sponsoring
NinjaOne
NinjaOne, the automated endpoint management platform, delivers visibility, security, and control over all endpoints for more than 24,000 customers in 130+ countries. The cloud-native NinjaOne platform simplifies endpoint management, patching, and visibility for environments at any scale. It is proven to increase productivity, reduce security risk, and lower costs.
https://www.ninjaone.com/NinjaOne is also sponsoring
ThreatLocker
Stop Ransomware! ThreatLocker® improves enterprise-level server and endpoint security with Zero Trust controls, including Allowlisting, Ringfencing™, Elevation, Storage, Network Control, Configuration Management, and Detect EDR and MDR solutions.
https://threatlocker.com/ThreatLocker is also sponsoring